When Dallas event planner Nia Whitfield returns to Christmas Ridge to decide the fate of her late grandmother’s inn, she finds more than a to-do list wrapped in ribbon. The Juniper House once sheltered Black travelers when other doors were closed; now its future hangs on twelve Advent letters — one per day — proving Nia understands what the house is for. If she fails by Christmas Eve, a glossy developer will erase its history for good.
Enter Wyatt Cole — ex–bull rider, ranch foreman, and hometown fixer who knows how to steady a roof in a blizzard and a room in a heartbeat. Their first meeting is all sparks on a snowy Main Street; what follows is a season of cocoa booths, barn dances, and late-night strategy, where Nia leads the vision and Wyatt uses his name — and rough hands — to move obstacles without getting in her way.
As small-town gossip swirls and a storm bears down, an irresistible truce turns to partnership, then to something that feels a lot like forever. To save the inn, they’ll need courage, community, and a love that puts service over spectacle, because some houses are meant to be safe harbors, and some hearts are meant to come home.
